Saint Augustine was a philosopher who Christianized the philosophy of Plato. He is a towering figure of Medieval philosophy.
Biography
Saint Augustine was born in 354 in the North African city of Thagaste, Numidia. He was a North African bishop and a doctor of the Roman Catholic Church. He spent only four years of his seventy-five year life outside of North Africa. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by the Manichean way of thinking. He believed astrology to be an exact and genuine science. He taught grammar in Thagaste.
Philosophy
He saw the human being as a perfect unity of two substances. He rejected the immortality of humans proposed by Pagans. He believed that God had created the universe simultaneously as apposed to creating in seven days. He believed that Christians should be pacifists.
Major works
The Confessions
City of God
On Christian Doctrine
Quotes
"The measure of love is to love without measure."
"O lord, help me to be pure, but not yet."
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
Saint Augustine in his study
by Sandro Botticelli
Introduction
Saint Augustine was a philosopher who Christianized the philosophy of Plato. He is a towering figure of Medieval philosophy.
Biography
Saint Augustine was born in 354 in the North African city of Thagaste, Numidia. He was a North African bishop and a doctor of the Roman Catholic Church. He spent only four years of his seventy-five year life outside of North Africa. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by the Manichean way of thinking. He believed astrology to be an exact and genuine science. He taught grammar in Thagaste.
Philosophy
He saw the human being as a perfect unity of two substances. He rejected the immortality of humans proposed by Pagans. He believed that God had created the universe simultaneously as apposed to creating in seven days. He believed that Christians should be pacifists.
Major works
The Confessions
City of God
On Christian Doctrine
Quotes
"The measure of love is to love without measure."
"O lord, help me to be pure, but not yet."
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
"Love is the beauty of the soul."